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FALLS, OREGON
PACE ELEVEN
HUGE SUPPLY
Back From Exile
Mantka
OF TURKEYS
SUofU and ShofU
tl'ii? I, lupotliuoui, bocuun
.2 who hain't completed
Lmlnult ihopptr. had bet- J .
r.i bur A " swmta.
'fnV... ihouulna knows
pi . ...UMf. hare are lomi
L'lnuts suggestions which I
L 1111 bo of some Donnt 10
buy"" . . .
State.
.irM I went Into Your
jloro ycstcrdny, I found
Ihrcu things unit had
come In "lulu" . . . But
In I hut, nf i'iiiii'ni
Ihe luAt-mliivKo rush buforo
"W"- . , Kin
, W1IJ II mi Mill""'
uLoH ,u" vu iiiiJiy
lhcn, before . . . ini Kiow
n.uw vntirncir. In Inn
I, oj, III your own living
n or KIUIIlli ur wm-icver
want growinn nuwim . ,
lou me 7.1c nnd (I5e . . .
I ,mollor Narcissus I'ots nro
olorlul Concii wire In an
. .i.i..nwnt . . . Kniiill nine
Mi to burn In your fireplace
fh Will K'vc " ueniuuui eoi-
lllimc because oi mo ciicm-
. .. ..I. i.l tliittr Imim iinHor.
L , , . Sin ks nro 85c nntl
kdi arc Si ou.
Inl nf r')irltimis rlnrn.
L, for bible or mantel were
iK lordv nrrlviiljt. loo , . .
tdlrs. cnes Guy liicen
.wl ripcnriltlvo leCI1 lO licit!
!iy color to your home,
our Store In ot 721 Main
ht ...
IN ALMOST surefire nlft It
perfume ... Or cologne
. . . And If you're careful
to choose one Hint comes
from one of the best houses,
you really can't go wronit . . .
A friiKrunce you like yourself
Is a niife choice, you know.
UiiTin's carries the pcrfumo
mid cologne lines of Helena
Huliliihlelii, fussy, llmiblcanl,
II! IfllVlmillrl U....II. ...." .
tiiillu , uiul others equally good
. . . in mi siics oi nncons and
bottles, at too ninny different
prices to mention hrrc.
Other items which would
miiko welcome Christmas gifts
arc (lustinu powders (Currln's
has so many different fra
Kiunccs that I won't even sturt
by naming, one), boxed joan.
shower mills, bath salts, nail
polish sets, and so on . . . Gift
wrapped, if y0u wish.
Currln's Is at Ninth and Main
Streets,
l-lVICN nt this season of the
d & Qift Shop.
NEW shipment of the ex
quisite Cordcy figurines
md other porcclnlnwiirc ar
rived nt The Art and Gift
Shop early this week, along
much other giftwnrcs . .
I'm going to toll you about
Cordcy line
ou know, probably, that it's
old Dresden nnd inndo In
country by refugees from
lap.
(U, this shipment Includes
iuhloncd ladles nnd gentle-
ina noyji and girls . . .
nle sets in unusual nnd
Uiul shapes . . , Separate
i of manv desluns . . .
if boxes . . . Candlesticks
Wall brackets . . . And
r pieces.
ordoy porcelain Is not inex
ilvc . , , Prices run from $10
flBUrlnc to S37.fi0 for one
the console sets . . . But
M no tax! . . . And each
1 1 a work of art.
I The Art and Gift Shop
sin Main street.
;AVE you been looking for
t Utile chairs for mall chil
dren? . , . Well, Garcclon's
w somo that were made
in Mexico nnd the job was
t vcrv vIimviii..
decorated ' chairs are
I "in the unpnlntcd ones,
making of Mexican things,
uiirccion told mo ycsler
t she Is closing out two
1 of Mcxlcnn baskeln nt
W reduced prices . . , They
f ' Tolucn covered sewing
K-iai oasKets ore reduced to
! from $1.05, and the
"mi baskets (for t ic
I" . . Dnll. - I.. II.-
t. , - ""in uuuiu . ill iim
' "hades of Moxlcan decor-
flrclnn' I. -1 inn !
. mo m Bl nui ivinin
il' year a gal has to think of
li herself a llttlo ... So
J here's a lip to short nals.
and women who wear
larger sizes, that shipments of
uiu smaricsi nail-sue dresses
I've seen in n long time ar
rived at Whytnl's while I was
talking lo Marge Whytnl Tues
day aitcrnoon . . . They should
be pressed and on display by
this afternoon.
There's a 2-piocc style, for
young or matronly women, with
a long, shirred pcplum that
6lcndrnzcs the hips and waist
. . They're $22. u.
P'or younger girls, there are
awfully cute basque - style
dresses, with full skirls of
striped talfeta, and black tops
. . . Also $22.50.
And for all ages, 2-picce
dresses in rayon serge . . . That
have clever braid, decorations
on the pockets in while . . .
Long jnckels . . . And come In
luscious shades like Chinese
fuchsia and charm blue . , .
S22.S0, too.
Another big box contained
ooiero-lype dresses In beautiful
cropu prints . . . They have
dicKeys -with frilly cascades
down the front . . . And an
other box revealed some gor
geous Jersey prints.
All these are half-size dresses,
believe II or not . . . And
there were several other styles
1 didn't take the time to inves
tigate . . . But Margo told me
they nil arc the pcrlcct-fltting
kind, and 1 could sec they are
very, very smart looking . . .
So 1 thought I'd better mention
them litre , , . And now.
They're at Whytnl's . . .
Ninth and Main Streets.
tudia a Beauty
GOVERNMENT loans to vet
ci a ns who wish to enter
the beauty shop business
arc available under the
"G.I. Bill of Rights", I
noticed recently, so I asked
Kern Short, who owns tho Stu
dio of Beauty, on Whytal's mez
zanine, what she thought of it.
She said that it docs take a
good sum of money to start a
beauty shop, and that It was a
good idea for any veternn who
has had previous experience in
bcuuly shop work . . . But she
is wondering if the War De
partment's spcciul study course
on benuty shop operation for
interested veterans will give
them enough preparation if
they hoven't.
I nsked if she thought very
many men would open beauty
shops . . , She looked startled,
nnd then answered, "Oh, some
niighl, but I was thinking only
of the WACs, WAVES, SPARS
nnd other service women . . .
And you'd better make your
appointment for next week,
right now, if you expect to look
decent on New Your's Eve."
So I did.
rP'us Armv Planes
1(1 At Center
POKANE, Dec. 21 (IP) The
"" olr tcrmlnnl reported
mat more than 200 army
'", nil llnl.t lrll
r Javo been sold as surplus
i tne Pacific northwest
rV.srplano distributing
h... . ,l10 terminal during
r." 'our months.
ai mi V, P'ancs nro still in
""rlbllt 1)11 nni-b l,n lr..n.
'ported, for delivery to
li.cLy;nJ.no per cent of tho
Idi.i, ?won belong lo the
th . Lutheran church of
Nilr I 1110 sul,rcm0
Oregon Sets Record
In Liquor Sales
PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (VP)
Oregon has set a new record
in tho sale of alcoholic bever
ages. T h e Oregon liquor control
commission announced that in
tho first 11 months of 1044 its
sales reached $20,400,000, com.
pared with the previous high of
$24,000,000 in 1043.
Snles of wine containing more
than 14 per cent of alcohol by
volumo have docreased since
December 7, when they wero
restricted to stale stores by a
I.. nninA ItllU 111 tllft lflSt
two weeks of November 2314
cases were sold, while in the
first two weeks oi uecemuci
tho figure declined lo 2225.
EYED ON CIS
T
By WALTER WARREN
W FRANCISCO, Dee. 21 (P)
I he Pacific coast, as well as the
whole nation, will have turkey
In an abundance never seen be
fore this Christmas but many
housewives will have troublo get
ting small turkeys.
The turkey crop hit record
size this year In California, sev
eral other states, and for the na
tion. Both civillun and military
supplies are plentiful. -
Stocks have gone into stor
age In tho last few weeks at an
unprecedented rate. Along the
Pacific coast the flow into lrccz
ers has been more than seven
times as great as a year ago.
Coast freezer stocks totaled
more than 131 million pounds
on December 1 more than four
times last year's hoard. Most
of that belongs to tho fighting
men. It will be shipped for
variation of meat diet during
early 1045. Heavy shipments
have lately been made to
Hawaii.
The industry, In recent years
trying to build up turkey as a
regular year-round meat, In
stead of Just a holiday treat,
seems to nave sold the idea to
the armed forces, whether in
tentionally or not.
There will be big supplies
through the first half of 1845,
as laying hens are marketed.
That is why housewives will
have little luck getting 12-15
pound turkeys for Christmas.
Growers who got 30 cents apiece
for turkey eggs during the hatch
ing season this year are keeping
hens for another try at that
lucrative market. Tho holdout
of turkey hens points a pros
pective finger toward another
big turkey-growing season in
1945.
Turkey prices to consumers
are about at celling prices here
51 cents a pound. The office
of price administration has told
wholesalers they can sell lo con
sumers as low as 4B.3 cents a
pound, beginning tomorrow, De
cember 21. That permission re
vokes a previous order against
wholesalers going into the re
tail market.
Ensign Robert O. Yancey, who
trained at the Klamath naval
air station, is credited with
shooting down one plane with
navy air group zi, wnicn cli
maxed four months in the Pa
cific by helping sink three ene
my carriers and two cruisers in
the Philippine sea battle off Lu
zon. Yancey, who was wounded in
action, is now home on leave.
He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Yancey of Princvillo,
and a relative of Carl E. Yancey,
4009 Homcdalo, and Frank L.
Yancey, 1020 Gary.
ROOTIN' TOOTIN'
SAND SPRINGS, Okla., Dec.
21 (P) Herding cattle is even
more dangerous than it used to
be in the rootin' tootin' west.
The brakes on a truck carry
ing 43 head of cattle failed at
the top of a hill. The truck
plunged ' toward a too-sharp
curve, so the driver let it con
tinue its straightaway course.
Through a tourist court it went,
plowing into a three-car garage,
and demolishing a car.
Rolling 135 feet farther, it
finally stopped on a railroad
track.
After the two truckmen crept
out to survey damages, a train
roared down on the truck, killing
14 head of the cattle. The men
still are hunting for the rest.
Y
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5
Maurice Thorcz, long-exiled
secretary-general of the French
Communist Party, returned re
cently from Moscow and is plc.
lured as he urged his fellow
country from an American flag
bedecked platform at a Com
munist rally in Paris to "first
win the war . . before pro
moling the party."
EYEO AT USD MEET
Roller skating and the USO
bowling alley were chief topics
at tho first meeting of the USO
Erogram committee Monday,
ynn Roycrofl, chairman, an
nounced that there will be ex
tensive bowling alley publicity
to service men and that the ex
cellent facility could accommo
date many more GI bowlers.
Klamath Falls service clubs may
soon be asked to compete with
service men to bring the groups
together.
Roycroft stated that USO's
first major dance will be held
New Year's Day at the armory.
Camp Tulelake's dance band has
been obtained for this dance.
Margaret Mealey. regional
supervisor for USO-NCCS, was
a guest at the meeting.
Slayer of Everett
Man Sentenced
EVERETT. Dec. 21 (IP)
Henri Young, 32, self-confessed
slayer of William Buchrig, Ev
erett banker, in a holdup more
than 10 years ogo which netted
$12.60, was sentenced to life at
Walla Walla state penitentiary
yesterday by a Snohomish coun
ty superior court jury which de
liberated less than five hours.
Young was brought here for
trial from Alcatraz where he
was serving time for robbing a
bank at Lind, Wash. He pleaded
guilty on arraignment and tes
tified at his trial he had con
fessed to the slaying because
he had turned to religion and
wanted to "become a good
"Catholic."
Thursday Last Day
For A-13 Gas Stamps
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (IP)
Thursday is the last day to use
"A-13" gasoline coupons.
On Friday six "A-14" coupons
In each basic "A" book will be
come valid. Each of the new
A-14 coupons will be good for
four gallons of gasoline. They
will remain valid through March
21, 1945.
If It's a "frozen" article you
need, advertise for a used one
In the classified.
S
I
I
LEE HENDRICKS
Your Neighborhood Druggist
win Be CLOSED AU Dt,y
Christmas Day
(Monday, Dee. 25th)
& -sir &
The Store Will Be
OPEN ON
SUNDAY, DEC. 24th
From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M.
For All Services Except Post Office
' and Soda Fountain
We thank you sincerely for your
generous patronage and wish you
A Merrv Christmas
MONTGOMERY WARD'S
REPLY TO
NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD
NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
.DECEMBER 18, 1944
Your telegram of December 14, demanding that Wards comply with the War Labor,
Board'i order covering Wards four Detroit stores, was obviously intended to give to the
public the false impression that wages are the main issue
rhe Board knows very well that Wards has offered to adopt- the minimum wage
rates recommended by the Board. The Board knows very well that Wards policy is to
pay wages as high as or higher than those paid by other employers in the community for
similar employment. The. Board did not. base its wage recommendations upon the survey,
of competitive rates made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mr. Davis, Chairman of the
War Labor Board, deliberately attempted in his December 16 press release, to mislead the
public into believing otherwise. Wards only objection.to any of the Board's wage recom
mendations has been in those instances where the Board has arbitrarily .demanded that
Wards substantially increase its rates above those of its competitors in the highly com
petitive retail field.
The Board knows very well that the real issue arises from its attempt to impose upon
Wards a closed shop in the form of maintenance of membership, together with the check
off of union dues from wages. Wards has refused to agree to any form of closed shop,
or compulsory union membership, because the closed shop violates the American principles
of liberty and freedom. The Board is well informed as to Wards position.
'
Mr; Davis is quoted in the press as threatening the cancellation of Wards priorities,
the denial of scarce materials to Wards, and the seizure of its business if Wards does not
comply with the Board's demands. These are the tactics by which the Board has coerced
innumerable employers into granting special privileges to labor unions. i'.-..
fhe Board knows very well that its orders cannot be legally enforced.by such pun
ishments; Congress, which is the sole law making authority under our constitution, omitted
from the War Labor Disputes Act all provisions which would have given Board orders
the force of law. Congress included in the original draft of the law a section which would
have made Board orders enforceable in the courts. Congress later removed this provision:
upon written request of Mr. Davis, who asked that Board orders be left as "mere decla
rations", which no one could be compelled to accept. Mr. Davis' express reason for his
request was that the Board would then not be "subject to' court review of its decisions."-
The Board knows very well that its orders are- consequently unenforceable. The
Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia has held, at the request of the Attorney Gen- :
eral acting as counsel for the Board, that orders of the War Labor Board are merely "ad
vice" which no one has any legal duty to obey. The Court held that anyone who refuses
to comply with orders of the War Labor Board is not defying a command of the govern
ment and that, since, the orders are merely advisory, no government official has the right
to impose punishment on those who do not comply. The Supreme Court has refused to
alter this decision.
The Board knows very well, since Its orders are legally unenforceable, and since
Congress has not authorized any punishment for those who reject the advice. of the Board,
that the reprisals with which it threatens Wards are necessarily illegal. The President
of the United States knew this when he recently explained to Mr. Petrillo of the Ameri
can Federation of Musicians why that union could not be compelled to obey a Board order.
Wards has violated no law, nor denied to any a union privilege to which it is legally
entitled. Wards has many times informed the Board that its closed shop demands would
require Wards to violate the National Labor Relations Act. Wards cannot, in good citizen
ship, accept the Board's advice and give to the union special privileges which Wards be
lieve to be not only unfair and uneconomic, but Illegal.
The time has come for the Board to cease its threats of reprisal upon those who re
ject its advice. The Board's policy of granting special privileges to unions has led to a
breakdown of collective bargaining and has encouraged strikes in time of war. The Board's
disregard of the facts and its pretense of an authority which it does not possess have
destroyed the confidence of labor, industry, and the public. The usefulness of the War
Labor Board in the settlement of wartime labor disputes has been destroyed.
The best interest of employees and employers and the welfare of the American people"
demand that Congress face the realities of the country's need. The great problem of wages
and the closed shop in time of war should be governed by law and must be solved by,
Congress.
If ths Board desires a further hearing, Wards, as always, will be happy to attend.
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
SEWELL AVERY
ChtlrmM